Insect-exterminator.



. JAMES J. OOOHRANE AND MAReARnrn -c ooH- RA- or messy CITY; New

JERSEY.

INsEoTsnXTER In-Aron.

No. swear. j

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES J. Cool-realm and .JMARGABET Coonsnn, both citizens of the United States, and residents of'Jesey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented anew and Im proved Insect-Exterminator, of which the. following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-' tion. I This invention relates to insect extermi nators, and more "particularly such asare adapted to be. used for destroying bed bugs or the like, and each of whichin general consists of a burner adapted to have one end connected to any suitable gas supply, and a pan "movably carried by the burner and serving to receive the dead insects. r The Obj t o thi inventio i t p a device of the class described, simple and; efiicient in construction and inexpensive to] manufacture, which can be easily connected -1 to a gas jet by means of flexible piping,and f which, when in operation, will reach all the recesses and other places of concealment of the insects, to drive the latteroutand de-. stroy them. eference is to be had to the accompany-' ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the, views.

Figure l is a embodiment of iron bedstead; invention; and

perspective view showing an our invention, applied to an Fig. 2 is a plan View of our Fig. 3 is a crosssection of our invention, showing the same tempora-frily secured to the springs of a bed. 7 r 7 Before proceeding to a more detailed de scription of our invention, it should be un-' derstood that great difliculty has been found heretofore in destroying insects such as bed bugs or the like by means of chemicals, inasmuch as these cannot be successfully injected into all of the recesses and other places of concealment of the insects. We have, therefore, provided a device as. before described, consisting ingeneral of abu'rner and a refuse pan movably carried by the burner. The latter can be connected by means of flexible piping to any suitable gas supply, for instance, the ordinary gas jet or the like. Further, it maybe advisable to use instead of gas, such means as steam or hot air,'when the burner serves the purposes of a nozzle or sprayer." understood that we do not limit ourselves to Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 11 1908.

.the like, and which has with a cap 2. The other erator r ed bythe burner 1s a openings 10 through which the gas eape for thepurpose of 'combustlon. Sl1d may be tipped so jth Itshould further be r P Patented Api'ilBZ, 1909. seri al no. 462,952.

the specific form shown in the drawings, as others equally advantageous may be used without departing from the spirit or the scope of the invention.

ngs, we provide a burner hollow, elongated member In the specific form shown in the draw- 1 formed from a such as piping or one end provided end 3 is suitably formed so that it may means' of flexible piping 4 to any suitable source. of supply, such as an ordinary gas orthelike. Rigid with the end 3 of the burner. is a collar 5 to which are attached two handles 6, which serve to allow the 0pto manage the device. Movably carrefuse pan 7 the lat- 8 upwardly and out- Supports 9 extend from ter; having its sides wardly disposed.

one side-of the pan to the other, over the burner, so that the pan will be held in place.

The burner is provided with a plurality of may esably arranged on the burner are hooks 11, which can be used to support the device from the springs of a bed, as shown most. ,clearly in Fig; 1 of the drawings, or to any suitable support.

In the operation of the device, theburner is connected with a gas jet or other suitable means of supply and the escaping gas lighted at the openings 10. The device is then placed on the rails of "handles 6, may be moved along under the a bed, and by means of the springs. As the burner is movedalong, it at the flames will point in any desired direction, and therefore, reach all the crevices formed by the bed construction. The device can also be removed from under the rails and held at different points of the bed ,where insects are thought to be.

The heat generated by the device drives the insects from their retreats and causes them to fall into the refuse pan 7. If desired,-the burner can be completely turned over-so that the flames will point into the pan and should there be any insects there, they will be-burned to ashes, the burner be be connected by ing completely rotatable with respect to the pan, owing to its movable engagement with ing a portable burner, a flexible conduit for connecting said burner with a stationary gas supply independent of the device, and a retuse pan movably supported upon said burner whereby said burner can be held in a plurality of positions without displacing said pan.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a burner adapted to be connected to a gas supply, a refuse pan having supports movably engaging said burner whereby said pan is movably secured to said burner so that said burner can be directed in a plurality of positions without displacing said pan, said pan tending gravitationally to maintain a normal position.

A device of the class described, comprising an elongated burner adapted to be flexibly connected to a stationary gas supply, an elongated refuse pan under said burner and inovably connected therewith, and a handle for directing said burner in a plurality of directions.

4-,. A device of the class described, comprising a burner adapted to be connected to a gas supply, a refuse pan movably carried on said burner, and means for temporarily securing the device to a part of a bed construction.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a burner adapted to be connected to a gas supply,'a refuse pan movably carried on said burner, hooks for temporarily securing the device to a partof the bed construction, and

means rigid with said burner whereby the device can be operatively positioned by the user.

6. A device of the class described, comprising a burner adapted to be connected to a gas supply, a refuse pan 1n ovably carried by said burner and tending gravitatiomdly to maintain a normal position under said burner, hooks for temporarily securing the device to a bed, and a handle rigid with said burner outside of said pan, whereby said device can be operatively positioned by the user, and whereby the burner can be turned in a plurality of directions.

7. device or the class described, comprising an elongated burner having handles at one end, whereby said burner said burner being adapted to be flexibly connected with a stationary gas supply, an elongated pan under said burner and having cross bars forming supports adapted to extend over said burner to hold said pan niovably under said burner, and hooks mounted upon said burner and serving for reinovably attaching the device to a part ot a bed.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAM ES J. COUHRANE. lvlAlKurAltlVlT E. (OPHRAN E. \Vitnesses HENRY EIGENRAUD, ANTHONY Micnnn can be directed, 

